el midgetron
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I kept hearing about this guy so last night I decided to listen to the Tucker Carlson interview. I am about 3/4 the way through it so far and have not heard anything I really disagree with yet.
He basically believes in identity politics, something the political left is fully invested in. He just thinks that the identities of Americans, Christians and white people should be treated as other identities are in the context of social politics. He does not believe in social hierarchy like the political left does.
His rhetoric about the “Jews” was also explored. While I agree with Tucker’s take on it, Fuentes explained it’s really about the US’s relationship with Israel. He detailed his experience as a college kid as he developed his political philosophies. His experience was that anytime he was critical of the US’s support for Israel, he would get push-back, called an antisemite and disenfranchised. He notice a pattern that frequently it was Jewish people within the conservative movement doing this.
His perspective is that the Jewish people have a unique experience of historical persecution, diaspora and religious identity that makes them feel a primary allegiance to Israel, not “America first”. For Fuentes, his experience is that Jews like Shapiro, Prager, Ruben (among others) have prevented an honest discussion about America’s relationship to Israel.
He basically believes in identity politics, something the political left is fully invested in. He just thinks that the identities of Americans, Christians and white people should be treated as other identities are in the context of social politics. He does not believe in social hierarchy like the political left does.
His rhetoric about the “Jews” was also explored. While I agree with Tucker’s take on it, Fuentes explained it’s really about the US’s relationship with Israel. He detailed his experience as a college kid as he developed his political philosophies. His experience was that anytime he was critical of the US’s support for Israel, he would get push-back, called an antisemite and disenfranchised. He notice a pattern that frequently it was Jewish people within the conservative movement doing this.
His perspective is that the Jewish people have a unique experience of historical persecution, diaspora and religious identity that makes them feel a primary allegiance to Israel, not “America first”. For Fuentes, his experience is that Jews like Shapiro, Prager, Ruben (among others) have prevented an honest discussion about America’s relationship to Israel.